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Oh, No! David Beckham Is So Busy, He's Not Sure He'll See Prince William & Kate Middleton During Their LA Visit!
Prince William and Kate Middleton are planning the party of the season when they come to visit Los Angeles, but soccer star David Beckham had to decline the invite!
It's all work and no play for international soccer sensation David Beckham. Although he and his wife,Victoria Beckham, are arguably the hottest Brits in Tinseltown, they will not be able to attend one of Prince William and Kate Middleton's upcoming Los Angeles soirees.
"I know they have an event that we were meant to go to but I have a game that night after so I'm not really allowed at events the night before a game," the 36-year-old L.A. Galaxy soccer stud told E! Online.
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Sometimes on a cold, foggy night, waiting for a bus outdoors, things just seem spookier than normal.
This scenario plays out naturally in "The Vandal," a suspenseful new play by Hamish Linklater. The Flea Theater is world premiering Linklater's broody drama about grief and survival, which melds surprising, often morbid humor with plot twists that connect the characters in unexpected ways.
Jim Simpson, artistic director at The Flea, guides the reflective 75-minute production so that even silences, non-responses and glances are important.
Linklater is better known as a stage and TV actor, particularly for "Seminar" on Broadway last year. Here, he's written a tight, suspenseful drama with ordinary-sounding dialogue that creates empathy for his three characters while building tension.
A chatty teenage boy (played with amiable snarkiness by Noah Robbins) tries to ingratiate himself with an older woman sitting at a bus stop, in hopes she'll buy him some beer. Deirdre O'Connell is perfectly cast as the unnamed, world-weary, middle-aged widow. O'Connell, a 2010 Obie and Drama Desk-winner for "Circle Mirror Transformation," can convey multiple emotions with one incredulous sideways glare.
Zach Grenier is subtle and solid as a liquor store owner who seems to know a lot about the boy, and figures out important information about the woman when she interacts with him. Their scene in his store becomes increasingly stressful when her tough facade is challenged, yet they sort of flirt, in between arguments,
Maybe because the bus stop is next to a cemetery and a hospital, the boy speaks a lot about people who've died, creating wild metaphors connecting Doritos and dreams and death. Grenier's character eventually imparts that anger is "a standalone for me. I don't think it's gotta be part of a process, a larger process. I think it can be its own thing."
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The Vermont's Agency of Natural Resources' Materials Management Plan went into effect June 18, 2014. Formerly named the State Solid Waste Management Plan, the Plan sets source reduction, reuse, and recycling goals for local governments for the next five years. Required by the 2012 Universal Recycling law, the Plan ensures consistent services where Vermonters live work and play.
"I'm proud of our Agency's Solid Waste staff who worked hard to develop this excellent plan," said ANR Secretary Deb Markowitz. "Vermont is the first state in the country to begin to implement such an ambitious waste-reduction plan. In implementing this plan, we'll decrease greenhouse gas emissions, improve local waste-reduction infrastructure, and increase the amount of valuable materials that are reused or recycled."
The Materials Management Plan focuses primarily on five materials streams: recyclables, food scraps, construction and demolition materials, hazardous wastes, and biosolids. Outreach and education and convenience targets are set for each material stream. At the end of the five-year Plan implementation timeline, ANR expects to reduce the waste disposal rate by 25 percent, a reduction of 100,000 tons.
"Vermonters will soon have access to recycling, trash, and food scrap collection services at home, and on the go," said Cathy Jamieson ANR Solid Waste Program Manager. "We have ambitious waste-reduction goals, but in partnership with solid waste districts, municipalities, and the private sector, we know we can get there."
The Materials Management Plan is the culmination of three years of work. The Plan has passed through formal rulemaking and public participation processes. Local governments, or solid waste management entities, as they are referred to in the Plan, have one year from today to submit a solid waste implementation plan, outlining how they will achieve the goals set forth in the Plan.
Consistent with US Environmental Protection Agency and state trends, the shift in the Plan's name, from the State Solid Waste Management Plan to the Materials Management Plan, reflects a shift in approach to viewing and managing waste as valuable materials.
The Plan is available online at: www.recycle.vermont.gov. For a list of solid waste management entities see: http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/wastediv/solid/swmdlist.htm
The Universal Recycling law (Act 148), passed by the Vermont Legislature in 2012, bans all recyclables from landfills by July 2015 and food scraps by July 2020. The full text of the law can be found here: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT148.pdf Follow ANR's latest developments related to Universal Recycling and materials management on Twitter at https://twitter.com/VTrecycles.


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SEATTLE - Neftali Feliz will be shut down for at least a month because of inflammation in his right elbow, the Texas Rangers said Monday while putting their closer-turned-starter on the 15-day disabled list.
The AL West leaders made the move three days after wildness cut short Feliz's latest outing in the fifth inning.
Just how long Feliz will be out will be determined when the Rangers see how a ligament in his elbow responds to four weeks without picking up a baseball. He will then be re-examined by Dr. Keith Meister.
"Keith is one of the best and if he feels like rest and medication can help him, that's encouraging to hear," Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said after arriving in Seattle. "You don't like any of the guys to miss any amount of time but it beats the alternative."
The Rangers recalled right-handed reliever Yoshinori Tateyama from Triple-A Round Rock. It's the latest Texas had gone into any season before making a roster move - the previous mark was May 10, 1976, when Ken Pape came up from the minors a day after John Ellis broke an ankle.
Right-hander Scott Feldman will take Feliz's spot in the rotation for Wednesday's series finale against Seattle. Feldman has made two spot starts, including one to give Feliz extra rest.
How the two-time AL champions go forward will be re-evaluated after Feldman throws. One option could be reliever Alexi Ogando, who made 29 starts last season for the Rangers before transitioning back to the bullpen this season.
Outside of the organization, the Rangers have taken a look at free agent Roy Oswalt. On his radio show in Dallas on Monday, Rangers president Nolan Ryan acknowledged the team had a private workout recently at Oswalt's home in Mississippi and would consider signing the free agent right-hander. Oswalt has the Rangers on a short list of teams he would consider, but wants to be a starter.
"We'll take a look at that and see what happens," Ryan said.
In Texas' 4-1 win Friday at Houston, Feliz threw 51 balls among 100 pitches and was pulled by manager Ron Washington after 4 2-3 innings.
Daniels said Feliz experienced soreness following his start on May 13 against the Los Angeles Angels. Initially Feliz believed it was regular soreness following a start and didn't tell trainers. When he woke up Saturday in Houston with a sore elbow, Feliz told trainers and he was immediately sent back to Dallas for additional examination.
"Coming out of this one he noticed it wasn't going away and said something," Daniels said.
The 24-year-old is in his first season as a major league starter after he saved 72 games in two years as the Rangers' closer. He is 3-1 with a 3.16 ERA. He has 23 walks and 37 strikeouts in 42 2-3 innings.
Not long after Feliz blew a save when the Rangers were one strike away from winning the World Series last fall, the Rangers said they planned to move him to the rotation. He had been a starter in the minors.
Feliz threw seven shutout innings in a 1-0 win over Seattle in his debut but has since been uneven. He's walked at least four batters in three starts, including a season-high six when he blew a 5-0 lead in an 8-7 loss at Toronto.
"We've just got to get him well," Washington said. "We were looking forward to him taking the ball throughout the whole year but I think what happened you can't do anything about. Now the key is to get healthy."
Tateyama started the season on the DL and was optioned to Round Rock when he was activated April 13. He's 1-0 with a 0.54 ERA and a save in 12 outings. He was 2-0 with a 4.50 ERA in 39 relief appearances for the Rangers last season.


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Military families make a tempting target for con artists, especially when a spouse is deployed overseas in a war zone.
Last week, the American Red Cross issued a warning to all military families to be on guard against a new scam in which the caller claims to be from the Red Cross. That caller could be an identity thief, trying to snag a loved one's personal information.
"Unfortunately there are some people out there who are doing this very cruel scam," says Devorah Goldburg, a senior officer with the American Red Cross. "We know of one case and there are likely more."
In that case, Goldburg tells me, a woman whose spouse is deployed overseas got a call from "a young-sounding woman with an American accent" who said she was with the Red Cross.
The caller said the woman's husband was hurt in Iraq and was evacuated to a hospital in Germany. Treatment could not start, she claimed, until the paperwork was completed.
The caller then asked to verify the husband's Social Security number and date of birth. That's everything an ID thief would need to open credit cards or take out loans in her husband's name.
Because her husband is deployed in the United Kingdom, not Iraq, the wife quickly realized this was a scam and did not provide that information. She contacted the Family Readiness Group about the incident.
Lying to a military family is a crime
When told about this scam, Blake Draheim, a soldier at Fort Lewis in Tacoma, Wash. responded, "We're out here serving our country. Why try to steal our identity? We're out here fighting for you."
All of the services have programs in place to inform military families about the types of scams directed at them.
"It is a horrific thing to do," says Shari Lawrence, Deputy Public Affairs Officer for Army Human Resources. "We take this very seriously."
The Stop Terrorist and Military Hoaxes Act of 2004 makes it a criminal offense to give false or misleading information "about the death, injury, capture, or disappearance" of a member of the Armed Forces during a war or time of armed conflict.
It's also a federal crime, punishable by up to five years in prison, for a person to falsely pretend to be a member or an agent for the Red Cross for the purposes of soliciting, collecting or receiving money or material.
How the system works
If someone calls saying a loved one in the military has been injured, it's hard to think clearly, so it's important to know the process.
If there's a fatality or injury, you will hear from the Department of Defense, not the Red Cross.
In the case of a death, notification is always made in person – a visit by an officer and a chaplain.
If a service member is wounded, contact is made through the commander or First Sergeant channels. Whenever possible, the injured service member will make the call personally.
Any other call is suspect and should be reported to your Family Readiness Group.
The bottom line
NEVER give out a Social Security number or date of birth to an unknown caller. In fact, you shouldn't even confirm that your family member is deployed.
Remember; military doctors would never delay treating an injured soldier because they did not have identifying information, such as SSN or date of birth. That's a sure sign the call is a scam.
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The Buffalo pitching staff was spot on through the final 15 Pawtucket batters Wednesday night, on the way to a 3-0 win. Adam Bostick earned his first career save, fanning the side in the ninth to close out the victory.
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It could be argued that template-style exploitable memes are the bread-and-butter of image board communities like those found on 4chan. Taking a popular, strange, or funny image and editing it down to the simplest components allows them to be photoshopped into a variety of contexts. It's easy and allows for a wide range of iterations, many of which gesture back to previous memes to construct intricate networks of reference that require elaborate explanations and complex genealogies to decipher. Some of the most popular template memes come from 4chan's Cartoons and Comics board /co/, and usually involve stripping a drawn image to it's most basic outlines so that it can be adapted to various popular cartoon or comic characters. Popular examples include Optimized Gif Dude (2006), Gentlemen (2006), fsjal (2008), and X Everywhere (2010).
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Sen. John McCain, R- Ariz., Thursday continued to raise questions about the Obama administration's handling of the aftermath of the September attacks in Benghazi, Libya. In an interview on Today McCain said "it is either a cover-up or it is incompetence" for President Barack Obama to have continued to say as late as Sept. 25 that the attack on the U.S. consulate was a reaction to an inflammatory anti-Islamic video.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) discusses the Obama administration's handling of the aftermath of the Benghazi attack, accusing the president of "either a cover-up or incompetence." McCain also vowed to block any nomination of UN Ambassador Susan Rice for secretary of state to replace Hillary Clinton.
McCain told NBC's Matt Lauer the most vital question that former CIA director David Petraeus must answer when he testifies Friday before both the House and Senate Intelligence committees is "why we were not prepared for this attack, where there was ample evidence, because of previous attacks and overwhelming intelligence information, that attacks were very likely on our consulate. There had been two (attacks) previously in April and June. On Aug. 15 they sent back a message that in the case a concerted attack they could not defend the consulate."
McCain on Wednesday introduced a resolution to create a special eight-member select Senate committee to examine the attack on the consulate in which Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, Glen Doherty, Tyrone Woods, and Sean Smith, were killed.
But McCain's proposal got a mostly chilly reception Wednesday from his several of his fellow senators NBC News spoke with, even from some Republicans who have been his allies in the past.
Lawmakers were shown real-time film of the assault on Benghazi, where Ambassador Chris Stevens was killed. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.
A State Department Accountability Review Board (ARB) is investigating the attack. That panel includes former Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Pickering and former Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, now retired from the military.
But McCain argued that the Obama administration had no credibility to carry out an investigation of its own actions or inaction.
Joining McCain in calling for the special committee was Sen. Lindsey Graham, R- S.C., who said "a segmented, stovepiped investigation – where you have three different (Senate) committees going off in three directions and not comparing notes…is going to lead to failure."
The bipartisan opposition to McCain's idea was rooted in the prerogatives of Senate committees that are already conducting their own investigations of the attacks. Senators serving on those committees defended their ability to conduct a thorough inquiry and seemed to see McCain's efforts as potentially encroaching on their turf.
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R- Ga., senior Republican on the Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday, "I told him (McCain) today that I'd just seen his resolution and I'm not sure whether it's not just a duplication of what we're doing."
Chambliss's committee will hear testimony from acting CIA director Michael Morell and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper about the attack in a closed session Thursday.
Another Republican on the Intelligence Committee, Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina said, "Listen, I think it's way too early to be calling for a special committee. I think you've got to allow the structure we have of oversight to function. And I think that the Intelligence Committee is more than capable of handling this."
Another opponent to McCain was the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who said of McCain's proposal, "I really don't view it as being necessary. The Intelligence and the Homeland Security Committees are already investigating."
Her committee got a briefing from CIA, FBI and State Department officials Wednesday. Collins pointed out that "Sen. McCain is a valued member of the Homeland Security Committee and can play an important role in help us uncover the facts."
Another Republican, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, who serves alongside McCain on the Armed Services Committee, reacted to McCain's proposal by saying, "I'm listening. There's merit in the suggestion, but I'm not wedded to that."
A Democrat in the Intelligence Committee, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, flatly rejected McCain's proposal: "We have all the relevant committees, including the one that I sit on which is Intel. We're having a hearing on that tomorrow and he (McCain) sits on the Intel Committee as ex officio (as the senior Republican member of the Armed Services Committee)."
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, who has been mentioned as possible replacement for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, opposed McCain's idea Wednesday.
"What we ought to do is first let the ARB make its determinations," Kerry told reporters. "I think everybody ought to just step back. There's a serious process in place and Secretary Clinton has put it in place."
He added, "I have confidence in Tom Pickering and Admiral Mullen to put facts together."
One senator who did voice support for McCain's idea of a special select committee was Sen. Jim Inhofe, R- Okla., who serves on the Armed Services Committee and is slated to be its ranking member in the new Congress.
Inhofe said the lack of protection at the consulate, despite Stevens's requests for more security, was "inexcusable" and "it's got to be investigated." Stevens was killed in the attack. Inhofe said, "I knew Chris Stevens. He was a friend. He was in my office right before he went over there."


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The city collected 2,037 firearms, including 75 assault weapons, at its gun buyback programs held in Van Nuys and South Los Angeles on Wednesday, city officials announced on Thursday.
The gun buybacks, which were scheduled in the wake of the Newton, Conn., school shootings, allowed gun owners to turn in their weapons and receive $100 or $200 Ralphs gift certificates, with no questions asked. Police do check if the guns were stolen, and if so attempt to return them to their rightful owners. But otherwise they are destroyed.
The final results of the buybacks were announced Thursday as county and city officials held a press conference to warn revelers not to fire their weapons into the air on New Year's Eve. They also called for stronger gun-control laws throughout the nation.
"We want a place where elementary schools are havens of safety and learning, not death," said Los Angeles Police Department chief Charlie Beck. "This can only happen if we change the gun culture."
Also at the downtown press conference were Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, newly elected District Attorney Jackie Lacey, Sheriff Lee Baca and county Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.
Lacey said anyone firing a gun into the air on New Year's Eve faces jail time and a fine up to $10,000 even if no one is hurt.


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8 Ways to Create Videos on Chromebooks
Adobe Spark is a suite of free tools for creating images, videos, and simple web pages. Key features of Adobe Spark's web app include an integrated Creative Commons image search tool, the option to download images as JPEGs, and the option to download your videos as MP4 files
Sharalike is a good option to consider when you want to create an audio slideshow. To create an audio slideshow on Sharalike simply import some images from your computer, your Android device or from your iPad, drag them into the sequence in which you want them to appear, and then add some music. Sharalike offers a small collection of stock music that you can use or you can upload your own music.
PowToon is a popular tool for creating animated videos online. PowToon provides a drag-and-drop editor for creating animated videos. The videos that you create feature digital paper cut-outs on a colorful background. Think of PowToon as an online tool for creating videos in the style made popular by Common Craft. PowToon provides drawings of people and objects that you can arrange on blank canvas. After adding your narration to the arrangement you can publish your video.
Magisto is a video creation tool that allows you to quickly drag videos and images from your desktop and or Google Drive account to your Magisto account. After you've uploaded the media that you want mixed, select a theme and music for your video.From the video clips and images that you upload, Magisto will select the best portions to remix and blend together. Magisto creates your video after you've completed the steps of uploading media, selecting a theme, and choosing music. The final video is emailed to you. In addition to the web-based service Magisto offers a Chrome app, an Android app, and an iPad app.
Chrome app called CaptureCast. CaptureCast, produced by Cattura Video, allows you to record the screen on your Chromebook as well as input from your webcam. To record a video with the webcam on your Chromebook open CaptureCast in your browser then allow it to access your webcam and microphone. You can specify how high of a resolution you would like to use to capture your video. You can also choose your audio quality. If you have an external microphone connected to your Chromebook, make sure that you have it enabled before you start recording. When you have finished recording in CaptureCast you can save your video on your Chromebook or upload it to YouTube, to Vimeo, or to Google Drive.
imbus Screenshot is a tool for creating screencast videos on Chromebooks. It is easy to install, includes customizable countdown timer, and offers multiple ways to save and share your videos. Screencasts recorded with Nimbus Screenshot can be saved to your local drive or to an online Nimbus account. I chose to save to my local drive then upload to my YouTube channel. You could also save to your local drive then share to Google Drive or another online storage service.
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Tyres do not wear evenly, make sure you check the right hand, middle and left hand side of the tyre for the tread depth; if you do not have access to a tread depth gauge then a 20p piece will do the trick. Place the coin vertically in the groove of the tyre and if you can see the outer ring of the coin then this means your tread depth is less than 3mm and you should think about replacing that tyre. If you would like a professional evaluation then head to your local Mitsubishi dealership.
Ensure you have the correct tyre for the road conditions and consider swapping to winter tyres from October to March each year for safety. The wear on summer tyres increases when used in temperatures below 7°C, increasing wear by up to 20%. For more information about winter tyres please see our winter tyres FAQ's.
Low tyre tread depths can have a detrimental effect on the stopping distance of a vehicle, the difference between having 3mm and 1.6mm of tread left on your tyres could increase stopping distance by as much as 44 metres, the length of four double decker buses. Remember there are only four small contact patches between you and the road, make sure you maximise these.
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As always Microsoft is clueless... I've been trying to connect to an Access database on a W2K on the network (not a local file, but mapped on the V: drive), via ODBC.
All I got is this message:
Warning: SQL error: [Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] '(unknown)' is not a valid path. Make sure that the path name is spelled correctly and that you are connected to the server on which the file resides., SQL state S1009 in SQLConnect in d:\apache\cm\creaart.php on line 13
So... I started looking al around and looks like the ODBC driver has some severe problems:
1. It cannot access a Access database via a mapped drive. And this is for ANY application, name it PHP, Coldfusion, whatever
2. You cannot make a system DSN with a UNC (\\Server\resource), so you must map the drive
Cute isn't it?
So... I quit on ODBC and went via ADO, this is the code that works:
$db = '\\\\server\\resource\\db.mdb';
$conn = new COM('ADODB.Connection');
$conn->Open("DRIVER={Driver do Microsoft Access (*.mdb)}; DBQ=$db");
// Driver do Microsoft Access (*.mdb)
// must be the name in your odbc drivers, the one you get
// from the Data Sources (ODBC).
// In this case, I'm in Mexico but the driver name is in portuguese, thanks Microsoft.
$sql = 'SELECT username FROM tblUsuarios';
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Top 5 Wines of the Week: Sept 16, 2011
5 Wines We Tried (and Loved!) This Week
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In some ways, sipping the world's wines can be a hopeless endeavor; there's so much wine out there that we could sample wine all day long and still get nowhere near tasting everything. That doesn't mean we won't try! From Spanish Cavas to French Châteauneuf-du-Papes, here are five memorable wines we quaffed this week, and why we loved them.


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The Berlin-Usedom Cycle Route takes you from the bustle of the German capital Berlin through densely wooded Barnim and the Uckermark region with its many lakes, to the Baltic island of Usedom.
The route begins in Berlin. With the river Panke by your side, you head for Bernau. The route takes you through forests and across hills in a landscape shaped by the ice age. Barnim nature park and Schorfheide-Chorin biosphere reserve offer unspoilt nature. Along the route you can find cultural treasures such as stately homes, churches, abbeys and museums. At Nieden the river you are following changes its name from Ucker to Uecker, then accompanies the route to Ueckermünde. After Anklam, the tour continues to Usedom Island, home to the old imperial resorts of Ahlbeck, Heringsdorf and Bansin. Your tour ends in Peenemünde on the Peenestrom strait.
Terrain: the route is mainly level, but with hilly sections, and runs largely on dedicated cycle paths away from traffic. Some sections use farm tracks.
Scenery: Berlin, woodland and moors in the Schorfheide-Chorin biosphere reserve, meadowland and forests in the Uckermark region, riverscapes and lakelands, Szczecin Bay, Usedom Island, Baltic Sea beaches.
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
I Hate Trash Respawns!
Tonight was our first night of serious Leotheras attempts. We took a look at Leo on Thursday, but our warlock tank hadn't finished collecting her Fire Resist set. We normally raid from 6:30 to 9:30. We try several attempts, learning how to start and stop DPS, healers learning how to kill their Inner Demon, etc. Our last attempt was gorgeous, except we got a little bit too excited when we hit the 15% mark. It was a heartbreaking 1% wipe.
We res up and get ready to try again, when trash respawns on top of us, wiping us again. It's now 9:00pm, and while we still have half an hour of raiding time, we have people who need to leave right at 9:30 and we have to clear all that trash. So we have to call it. I suppose it's possible that we could have cleared fast enough to get an attempt in, but there are 7 pulls before the boss, and the boss takes 10 minutes or so.
Calling the raid right after a 1% wipe, when you still have half an hour of raiding time, really, really sucks.
Trash respawns suck. Seriously, Blizzard, just remove them already. They're a pacing mechanic which doesn't affect the elite guilds, who are the ones who need to be paced. Trash respawns as a mechanic just hurt the rest of us who are moving at a slower pace or with real-life constraints on our time.
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Good idea. Remember all the agravation when attempting our first 5-man 70's instances and needed to pass the respawnsns again.ReplyDelete
My guild have only downed him once, and I was rotated out of that raid.
All other wipe attempts were called early because of respawns :(
- Anonymous6:47 AM, January 28, 2008
1% without a full fire resist set on the warlock tank? You guys will have him the next time you raid (it took our guild 2 nights also, but our lock had full fire resist with paladin aura).ReplyDelete
Congratulations on mastering everything. One thing our guild found particularly helpful was to have a druid main tank it and let our warriors go full-time DPS gear (we would have 1 tank a banisher at the beginning in DPS gear), since that helps avoid prot warriors getting mind controlled and forcing us to do away with them.
You are going to absolutely love Hyjal. ;-)ReplyDelete
Rather than remove repops entirely I would like to see them change the system to something akin to the Giants in Molten Core. You only have to kill them once after every soft reset. That way if you continue to raid for a night you don't have to worry about repops, but you can't just take 15 people on Tuesday to clear and not have to bother with trash the rest of the week (which I personally think would cheapen a lot of the raid experience).
Oh, Dazanna. You had me going there for a min, until I remembered exactly why I self-standby for MH. The mobs between you and Kael aren't much fun, either.ReplyDelete
If you can, try to find the boss video from last year's BlizzCon. It's MC with no trash, only bosses. I think you'd like it. :)
revaan, the warlock didn't have FR on Thursday. She had it yesterday. So the 1% was with a FR-geared lock.ReplyDelete
dazanna, I don't mind gauntlet trash. If the trash respawns with the boss, that's part of the challenge. Personally, I think I'm beginning to prefer linear instances, rather than instances where you can go all over.
Also, we've done the pre-Kael trash. I don't really see why people say it is hard. It seemed fairly easy to me. Those Buzzsaws of Death before Void Reaver gave us more trouble.
- Anonymous6:05 AM, January 29, 2008
Kael trash was seriously nerfed not too long ago. The difference between a month ago and now is tremendous.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:31 PM, January 29, 2008
If anyone in your raid has a trash respawn timer, you can use that to time how you do things. If it starts looking bad, put up wipe protection, wipe it fast, res, rebuff, repull (trash respawns will never happen mid-boss fight) and get that last attempt in before calling to respawns. I think about half our guild first kills were done in that last quick pull before the trash comes back.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5:32 PM, January 29, 2008
Trash is not just a pacing mechanism. It is also a reputation gaining mechanism. Imagine how long it would take to get Violet Eye rep with only the bosses in Kara.
Plus no BOE drops.
Keep the trash, lose the QQing
Bloodstar, I like trash. I just don't like it respawning. Also, the T5 instances don't have rep associated with them.ReplyDelete
As always, I point to Blackwing Lair. Awesome dungeon, no respawns.
- Anonymous8:16 PM, January 29, 2008
it seems that it is not easy for us downn him,i have not gone.ReplyDelete
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Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State soccer head coach Blair Quinn has added eight athletes to the Aggie roster on national signing day. Midfielder/forward Gabby Campbell, defender Melissa Canizalez, goalkeeper Tayler Hammack, forward Devin Hart, defender/midfielder Stephanie Petre and goalkeeper Taylor Rice signed National Letters of Intent, while defender Maggie Sabik inked a financial aid agreement to play for the Aggies in fall 2013.
"It's a seven-member class, which is a relatively large for a recruiting class, but it is my first full class since I've been at New Mexico State," Quinn said. "It really covers every position, goalkeeping, defenders, midfielders and forwards. It's a really dynamic class in terms of their athleticism and the diversity of size. It covers every aspect that we need to keep making our team better."
Campbell arrives in Las Cruces from Albuquerque and St. Pius X High School. The midfielder/forward directed the Sartans to the state semifinals in 2012. Campbell led the team in points with eight goals and 15 assists as a senior. She ended her career with 35 goals and 42 assists. As a senior, she was a first team all-state and first team all-metro selection. In her junior season, she led St. Pius X to the state finals and district championship. Campbell earned second team all-metro honors in 2011. As a sophomore, she led the Sartans to the state semifinals and in points with 11 goals and nine assists. She was a three-time first team all-district honoree in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and two-time second team all-state selection in 2010 and 2011.
"Gabby Campbell is a really, really quick and dynamic attacking center mid," Quinn said. "She can also be used as a forward on the left wing. She is only 4-10 but this kid has a wicked left foot. She can really, really strike a ball and put it on frame and create some goal scoring opportunities. She is a dangerous player."
A defender, Canizalez joins the Aggies from Las Vegas, Nev., and Shadow Ridge High School. During the 2011-12 season, she led the Mustangs to a 13-4-2 record. Canizalez earned All-Northwest League honors. She was also the best defensive player for the Mustangs.
"Melissa Canizalez is a very good organizing center back," he said. "She is very, very tough in the tackles, which I think is important for a center back. You have to be a good one-v-one tackler. Her ability to organize the people around her, which is uncommon for young players, is what makes her a special defender."
Hammack, a goalkeeper from Socorro, N.M., earned five letters and started playing high school soccer in the eighth grade. In both her junior and senior seasons at Socorro High School, she led the Lady Warriors to two district championships. Hammack earned first team all-district honors and second team all-state honors in 2011 and 2012. She spent three years at Portales High School from 2009-11 and anchored the Lady Rams to two district runner-up finishes in 2009 and 2010 and a third-place showing in 2008. In her freshman and sophomore campaigns, Hammack was a first team all-district and honorable mention all-state selection. She was also a second team all-district and honorable mention all-state honoree as an eighth grader.
"Tayler is a kid that we saw last year at one of our one-day clinics," he said. "She came down and spent a day with us at our clinic and went through all the training and by the end of day, our current players who were helping run the clinic, were coming up to me saying, 'have you seen this kid make these saves, this goalkeeper?' She is super, super outgoing. Easily the biggest personality of all the kids in the class, and she is very, very athletic. What I'm excited about Tayler is her ceiling is miles and miles high. She has so much potential because she hasn't had a lot of high-level training, because she lives in a small town. So I think once she gets here and gets in this environment, she is just going to go through the roof."
An Albuquerque, N.M. native, Hart joins the Aggies as a forward after a successful four-year career at Hope Christian. As a senior, she earned both district player of the year and state player of the year honors after scoring 107 goals in her high school career. Hart set the scoring record at Hope Christian for both boys and girls. In 2012, she led the Huskies to the state finals and a 19-4 record with 33 goals scored. In her junior season, Hart scored 31 goals, and the team finished 17-5 after a state semifinals showing. Hart and the Huskies won the 2010 state championship and finished 17-6. She scored 28 goals as a sophomore and earned state tournament co-MVP honors. In her freshman campaign, Hart had 15 goals and Hope Christian finished 10-11. In addition, she was a three-time first team all-state and three-time first team all-district selection.
"Anybody that quite frankly looked at our record and our goal scoring last year will see that Devin is a kid we needed to have," Quinn said. "She scored over 100 goals in four years of high school and was one of the leaders in the state at any level across the board. She had 33 goals this year. The kid just finds a goal, and we don't have enough of that right now. As she learns the college game and becomes a little more dangerous in her one-v-one abilities and not using just straight pace, I think she is going to continue to be a tremendous goal scoring threat on a day-to-day basis."
Petre, a defender and midfielder, arrives in Las Cruces from Tempe, Ariz., and Corona Del Sol High School. She is currently in the midst of her senior season with the Aztecs, and she has 16 goals and 29 assists. As a junior, Petre led Corona Del Sol to a 10-10-1 record, and she earned second team all-central region honors. In her sophomore campaign, she earned Tempe All-City, first team all-central region, honorable mention all-state, coaches second team all-state, second team all-state and offensive player of the year honors following a state quarterfinals appearance and an 11-8-4 record. Petre directed the Aztecs to the state championship match in 2010 and finished with a 13-10-2 record. She helped the team set the program scoring record en route to earning coaches honorable mention all-state honors.
"Steph Petre, we tease her, she is our redhead, and she has a little bit of that feistiness in her," he said. "She plays wide back and there's a very good possibility that she could be a left back for us as well as being possibly an attacking center mid. For a kid that is as slightly built as she is, she has a lot of fight to her in her defensive tackling. She is very, very quick on and around the ball, so she becomes a threat in the attacking sense. Coming out of Phoenix, I've known her for quite a long time and have seen her grow as a player, and I'm really looking forward to having her at the college level."
A goalkeeper, Rice joins the Crimson and White after spending two years at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. In 2012, she led the Coyotes to a sixth-place district finish and a 9-9-1 record. As a freshman, Rice anchored Chandler-Gilbert to a 16-5-0 record in 2011 and a second-place finish in the district. As a senior at Mesquite High School, Rice and the Wildcats finished in third place in the district and posted a 24-12-8 record. Rice collected many accolades at Mesquite including coaches first team all-state, first team All-5A Tribune, second team Arizona Republic All-State and first team all-central region honors.
"Taylor Rice is another kid out of Phoenix that I've known for a long time from my time when I was there and through her high school days," Quinn said. "Typically we don't go the junior college route in recruiting, but we needed immediate depth in our goalkeeper position, because our two current kids are redshirt seniors, and it would be a huge hole to fill the following year. She is a kid that is going to come in and challenge to play right away. She is very, very quick and reads the game well and is technical, so I think she is going to make an immediate impact on the goalkeeping position in her presence being here."
A defender, Sabik graduated from La Cueva High School in Albuquerque, N.M., in December and is currently enrolled at NM State. Sabik led the Bears to state championships in 2011 and 2012. She was a two-time district player of the year, two-time first team all-district, two-time first team all-state and two-time first team all-metro selection in 2011 and 2012. As a sophomore, Sabik helped La Cueva to the state title match and was a first team all-district, honorable mention all-state and second team all-metro honoree.
"Maggie is a super, super smart kid. She was so excited about becoming an Aggie that she graduated early. She graduated high school in December, and she has been in training with us already for two weeks. We had a senior that was starting center back for four years in Courtney Irwin, and that's something we have to replace immediately, and I think Maggie is probably the front runner to do that. I think her ability to step in this spring and learn the system and learn the team will help her come in and make an immediate impact as a freshman. She is hands down the best defender in the state of New Mexico to come out of this class, no question."


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Titan versus Earth
|Scientists puzzle over images that resemble complex landforms. Click image for larger view. Image Credit: NASA/JPL
Observations of Titan's atmosphere offer a unique look at how Saturn's giant moon compares to Earth.
Titan is the only moon in the solar system with a substantial atmosphere. Like Earth, Titan's atmosphere is primarily composed of nitrogen, but unlike Earth, one of the most abundant constituents is methane (CH4). Data from the European Space Agency's Huygens probe, which parachuted through Titan's murky atmosphere in January, will determine if the abundance of argon exceeds that of methane. Methane, the main component in natural gas, plays a key role in the makeup of atmospheric conditions on Titan.
The organic chemistry that occurs in Titan's atmosphere is an analog of the processes that may have been present in the early terrestrial atmosphere.
The research appears in the May 13 edition of the journal Science.
|Titan's changing face as dark and light patches rotate in circulation. Image Credit: JPL/Space Science Institute
Using an infrared spectrometer on the international Cassini-Huygens Spacecraft, researchers have measured the temperature, winds and chemical composition of Titan.
Edward Wishnow of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory participated in the research by measuring the spectrum of methane in the laboratory at temperatures and densities similar to Titan's – about 113 Kelvin (-256°F) and about one atmosphere pressure. The measurements were performed with a unique spectrometer and cryogenic gas absorption cell in collaboration with H. Gush and I. Ozier at the University of British Columbia and G. Orton at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
"Titan's spectrum shows sharp emission lines that arise due to methane in the stratosphere that is warmer than the underlying denser atmospheric layers," Wishnow said. The correspondence between the lab and Titan spectra is obvious and the strength of the laboratory lines is used to determine the abundance of methane in Titan's upper atmosphere, he said.
The Cassini Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS) is an infrared instrument that measures the intensity of far-infrared radiation – light with wavelengths between those of radar and near-infrared light. These wavelengths are associated with radiation emission by the constituent gases of Titan's atmosphere.
|Titan's atmosphere compared to Earth's. Image Credit: JPL/Space Science Institute
Other researchers on the project discovered that Titan exhibits seasonal changes in its stratospheric temperatures and winds that are similar to Earth's.
"Part of the exhilaration of our scientific exploration comes from understanding how Titan is similar to Earth as well as how it differs," said CIRS principal investigator F. Michael Flasar of NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. "The CIRS observations of Titan's stratosphere indicate that its winter (northern) pole has many properties in common with Earth's: cold temperatures, strong circumpolar winds and anomalous concentrations of several compounds (on Titan, organic molecules) that are reminiscent of conditions within the winter polar regions on Earth, the so-called ozone holes. In both cases the essential ingredient is the strong winds, which isolate the polar air and inhibit mixing with that at lower latitudes."
Listen to sounds from the microphone onboard the Huygens during its descent (wav file format, approx. 600 kB each):
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Rendezvous with Titan
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Saturn– JPL Cassini Main Page
Space Science Institute
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Electric Renaults head for 2012 Olympics
* Green cars for London games * Three electric cars on the way * Already in talks with Boris Johnson...
Renault will have electric cars on UK roads in time for the London Olympics in 2012, according to chief operating officer Patrick Pelata.
Renault will reveal its first electric vehicles at the Frankfurt motor show in September and three of them will eventually go on sale: an electric Kangoo, a Clio-sized car and a Megane-sized saloon.
Renault's alliance partner, Nissan, will have its own electric vehicles arriving at around the same time, but Pelata insists that while there will be component sharing between the cars, they will be very different.
Nissan is working on battery technology and brake energy-regeneration, while Renault is developing systems such as air-con and battery recharging. Both companies are sharing the work on electric motors.
While the cars will be able to be recharged from a standard mains power supply, the company is also expecting to put in place 'Quick drop' battery stations, where users will be able to swap their depleted batteries for fully charged units. Pelata anticipates that the Clio-sized electric car will have a range of around 100 miles.
Batteries will be leased on an annual basis, over a pre-agreed mileage, and Pelata says the cost will be less than the equivalent price of diesel. He expects the cars to cost around 5000 (4465) more than equivalent diesel models.
Renault is already talking to the London Mayoral office about their electric cars being used during London's 2012 Olympics.


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A Synthesis of Eternal Truths
Theology of the Body: A Register Symposium, Part 2
"The New Evangelization" is a term coined by Pope John Paul the Great to describe the current need for the evangelization and re-evangelization of countries and areas of the world that are historically Christian, but for various reasons are no longer so, or are Christian in name only. Pope Benedict XVI has taken up this clarion call with regard to Europe in particular, as he witnesses Europe's attempts to deny even the factuality of its Christian roots. Pope Benedict even instituted the Pontifical Council for New Evangelization this year.
The "re-evangelization" of countries is not new. There are precedents wherein a country/people received the kerygma (the initial proclamation of the Gospel) from early missionaries, but the local Church was left without pastors, lacked a systematic structural development, reverted back to native religions, fell into heresy, fell away, converted to other religions due to invasions, etc. The parable of the Sower and the Seeds is very applicable here. India claims to have received its kerygma from the apostle Thomas himself. England received the faith early on but was in need of re-evangelization soon after. The Potawatomi Indians in Michigan were baptized by a missionary priest and taught the Our Father in Latin, but did not see another priest for many years. Their recitation of the Our Father was proof of their baptism to subsequent missionaries.
What does John Paul II's theology of the body have to do with his New Evangelization? Everything. Although he did not connect the dots himself — most likely out of modesty — the correlation is vital, at least for Western civilization. How so? There is no evangelization without the evangelization of culture. Individuals belong to cultures, and the Gospel must not only transform the individual but the culture through "inculturation." Why the need to evangelize cultures? "Culture" is everything that makes us human: art, work, recreation, leisure, athletics, family life, rites of passage, social networks, politics, food, dance, literature, drama, rituals and, above all, worship. For the Gospel to "stick" and be effective, it must permeate all these areas.
Today, "pop culture" is the dominant culture. Some would call it "American culture" or "media culture." Some disdain pop culture as "low culture" versus the "high culture" of classical music, the "great books," etc., but the fact is: The pop culture has all the earmarks of a bona fide culture. And it's the only culture many young and not-so-young people claim allegiance to. As John Paul also said: "Man is the way of the Church." We do not have the luxury to hang back, stand aloof from the roads that the masses travel on. We must duc in altum, "put out into the deep," put out into the wild and wooly watering holes of the pop culture if we are to bring and be Christ, the Way, Truth and Life, to souls.
As Vatican II taught us, there are "seeds of the Gospel" present in every culture. There is a need to "baptize" what is already good in a culture and "purify" what is not. What are the "seeds of the Gospel" present in today's Western, so-called "post-Christian" culture and pop culture? A fascination, obsession and unswerving commitment to the body, the sensuous, the material, the beautiful, what can be seen, felt and experienced. And John Paul II said: Fine. We can start there. This was the genius in his theology of the body. Instead of starting with the spiritual, the soul, the mind, consciousness, i.e., what cannot be seen, he said: Let's start with what we can see. The physical. The body. As John Paul's biographer, George Weigel, notes, the theology of the body has turned and will continue to turn the entire theological and philosophical world (secular and religious) upside down (or right-side up!) by giving it a new starting point. A universally verifiable starting point. And this starting point cannot be divorced from God, because it is creation and creation is a doctrine, and now we are squarely in the lap of God.
But didn't we always start our catechesis with creation? "God made the world"? Yes. However, we Western Catholics are card-carrying members of our particular Western culture, which is Cartesian, that is, which espouses and lives out a mind-body split at its very core. (See Waldstein's introduction to the new edition of the theology of the body, Male and Female He Created Them.) This flawed philosophical underpinning undermines and overrides whatever we are taught by the Bible and the Church and guides our everyday choices.
The fact of that matter is: We do not have bodies; we are bodies. We are embodied spirits and spiritualized bodies. The definition of the human person is body and soul, together forever.
Is theology of the body something new or something old, then? It's both. It's a new synthesis of eternal truths. John Paul II, a master catechist, has arranged the deposit of the faith in such a way that it is immediately accessible to all, because he starts where we all live: our bodies, love, relationships.
Jeff Cavins says that what we learn about our faith through the years often amounts to a "pile of Catholicism" that might even seem like a bunch of true but unrelated facts. John Paul II has taken the jigsaw puzzle box of the Catholic faith and assembled the pieces together so that we can see the beautiful complete picture and plan of God for the human body, the human person, centered around creation/Incarnation/new creation.
Now we can see how everything is interconnected: how the Eucharist connects to marriage, how the magisterium connects to the Church's social teaching, how the liturgical year connects to our cycles of fertility, etc.
As Father Thomas Loya says, "The theology of the body is the delivery system for the sum total of the Church's wisdom."
Perhaps we could even say that the theology of the body is the New Evangelization.
Sister Helena Burns, a Daughter of St. Paul, is a media literacy and theology of the body presenter, as well as a screenwriter.
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